Digestive System
The process of breaking down food into smaller parts
What is digestion?
a tube that takes urine from a kidney to the bladder
What is the ureter?
the part of the throat that helps make sounds
What is the larynx?
trachea, larynx, lungs, diaphragm
What is the respiratory system?
Taller people tend to have a greater
____________________ ___________________.
What is Vital Capacity
A liquid in the mouth that begins the digestion of certain foods
What is saliva?
a liquid waste product
What is urine?
The main tube that takes air to and from the lungs
What is the trachea?
kidneys, bladder, ureter
What is the urinary system?
Three important factors for good health
What are nutrition, exercise, and relaxation?
What is the esophagus?
the hollow organ that stores urine
What is the bladder?
A muscle that helps with breathing
What is the diaphragm?
saliva, enzymes, esophagus
What is the digestive system?
When food is chewed, it mixes with ______________.
What is saliva?
The process of taking food into the body
What is ingestion?
the organs that filter the blood
What are the kidneys?
Three ways the body adjusts to the changing conditions of higher altitudes are:
More red blood cells are made.
Carbon dioxide is exhaled.
Chest and lung size increases.
Heart beats faster.
What are the heart beats faster, chest and lung size increases, and more red blood cells are made?
ingestion, digestion
What is the digestive system?
The respiratory system provides_____________ to the _____________ system.
The _______ __________ cells pick up the ________ and deliver it to the body __________.
What is the Circulatory System?
The respiratory system provides OXYGEN to the CARDIOVASCULAR system.
The RED BLOOD CELLS pick up the OXYGEN and DELIVER it to the BODY CELLS.
A protein that helps speed up chemical reactions
What are enzymes?
Name the parts of the urinary system.
What are the kidneys, ureters and bladder?
Ways the body adjusts to the changing conditions of higher altitudes (choose 2)
Red blood cells pick up oxygen.
Breathing rate increases.
Heart might increase in size.
Waste products are eliminated.
What are breathing rate increases and heart might increase in size?
Describe how the respiratory system helps eliminate waste products.
What is
CARBON DIOXIDE is carried from the BLOOD to the LUNGS. Then it travels back through the TRACHEA and is exhaled through the mouth or nose.
The _______________ act as ___________________, producing ________________ from the ______________ products. Describe how urine is eliminated from the body
How does the urinary system help eliminate waste products in the blood?